LLM-Guide.com recently released itsTop 10 List of Energy Law LLM Programmes for 2018, which again lists Groningen as a top destination to study energy law. Groningen’s mentioned programmes include its LLM in Energy and Climate Law, and it participation in the North Sea Energy Law Programme (NSELP).

An interactive debate at a climate regulation conference in Wroclaw was concluded with some policy advice for the international climate negotiators (COP24) who will gather in Katowice in December 2018.

The Smart Energy Region Emmen-Haren (SEREH) project is initiated by the Municipality of Emmen (in the Netherlands) and the city of Haren (in Germany), and aims to create the preconditions for the realization of a decentralized, cross-border and sustainable energy market.

In an interview on the Dutch national radio ('BNR Nieuwsradio', 29 May 2018) Prof. dr. Edwin Woerdman explains on the basis of supply and demand why the price of CO2 emission rights is increasing. He also commented upon the possibility for private individuals to use emission rights as an investment tool.

On 24 April 2018, Dr. Romain Mauger just published a new piece in The Journal of World Energy Law & Business entitled ‘Forced nuclear energy reactors shutdown in France: the Energy Transition Act’s mechanisms’.

On 7 March 2018 Assistant Professor in Energy Law, Dr. Ruven Fleming, presented his latest book 'Shale Gas, the Environment and Energy Security' and his findings on the topic at the University of Aberdeen, UK.